قُلْ لِخَيْرِ الكُفاةِ أَحْمَدَ الْ

خَلْق جُوداً وَأعْظَمِ النَّاسِ قَدْرا

Say to the best of benefactors, Ahmad

The most generous of people and the greatest in worth

والَّذِي يَعْشَقُ المَكارِم وَال

مَجْدَ وَيَشْرِي بالمالِ حَمْداً وشُكْرَا

Who loves virtues and glory

And gives wealth generously with thanks and gratitude

مَا رَأَى الناسُ بالْوَزِيرِ الْبُرَيْ

دِي كَذَا الْيَوْمِ حُسْناً وَفَخْرَا

People have never seen in the excellent minister, the buraidi

Goodness and pride like today

أَمْطَرَتْنَا السَّماءُ فِيهِ بِيُمْنٍ

وَسَماحٍ مِنْهُ لُجَيْناً وَتِبْرَا

The sky has rained upon us goodness

And generosity from him abundant and plentiful

فَالدَّنَانِيرُ هاوِياتٌ تُحَاكِي

أَنْجُمَا في السَّماءِ تَنْقَضُّ زُهْرَا

The dinars pour down like shooting stars

Falling from the sky in clusters

وَتَلِيها دَرَاهِمٌ مُشْبِهاتٌ

أَبْرُداً تَمْلأُ الأماكِنَ نَثْرَا

Followed by dirhams resembling hail

Filling the places with scattering abundance

نَافِعاتٌ لِلْحَرْثِ لاَ يَذْهَبُ الْحَرْ

ثُ فَساداً وَلاَ يُصاحِبُ قَطْرا

Beneficial for agriculture, no loss comes to the crops

Nor does drought accompany the rainfall

غَيْرَ أَنِّي انْصَرَفْتُ كَاسِفَ بالٍ

آسِفاً خالِياً مِنَ الْكُلِّ صِفْرَا

Except that I turned away disappointed

Saddened, empty-handed, bleak and barren

مُضْمِراً حَسْرَةً لِذاكَ وَغَمَّاً

وَاجِداً فِي العِظَامِ مِنِّيَ فَتْرَا

Harboring regret for that and sorrow

Finding in my bones from me only weakness

سَاكِتاً إنْ سُئِلْتُ عَنْ قَدْرِ حَظِّي

لَمْ أَجِدْ لِلسُّؤالِ عِنْدِيَ خُبْرَا

Silent, if asked about my share

I found in myself no answer for the question

جَمَعَ اللهُ ذَا عَلَيَّ وَعَيْذاً

سَالِكاً بِي مِنَ التَّقَلُلِ وَعْرَا

May God gather upon me punishment and affliction

Taking me from destitution into naked poverty

شَاهِراً لِلْغَنِيِّ سَيْفاً وَقَتَّاً

لاَ بِهِ رَأْيٌ يُعَالِجُ فَقْرَا

Brandishing against the rich a sword and sharp blade

With it no view can treat poverty

فَاغْتِنِ كَيْمَا عُهِدْتُ عَلَيْهِ

بِعَطَايَا أَكْرَمَ النَّاسِ طُرَّاً

So enrich yourself as I was accustomed to

With the generosity of the noblest man